100th No BS Podcast Spectacular: Nathan's New PC (The Apologies in Advance Edition)

Welcome to Maximum PC's 100th Podcast Spectacular! This week, we visit with a ton of old friends, talk about Nathan's new PC, Pallette-Swap Ninja, and listen to a reader question. This week's show features the talents of: Dan Amrich, Kat Auch, Andy Bauman, Norman Chan, Nathan Edwards, Gordon Mah Ung, Will Smith, Captain Spaulding, and Jeremy Williams. Make sure you hang around for the end, we have a very special guest appearance by Veronica Belmont! We sincerely apologize for the wait, but we hope it's been worth it! Enjoy the show!

We also have come into posession of a ton of SteelSeries keyboards and headsets, speaker systems, and even more t-shirts to give away in our weekly Twitter contest. Be sure to sign up for @willsmith's feed to get in on the action.

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in the future when i am relistening to podcast for information review i will have edited this podcast down to just veronicas song, her voice soothed the savage in me that was raging from the techno-waste of time that the rest of the podcast was/IS!

sorry i do listen to be entertained but primarilly for tech info, not gaming or kids nite out. someone should have reviewed this kareoke idea and nixed it. but even good managers make some bad decisions.

just spoke with a couple of people that i recomended listen to the 100th sucktackular episode (direct quote frome my friend) lost some street cred with recomending they waste their time on something as lame as the 100th stupid ass retarded shittackular . (once againg quoting a friend) im sad to say 4 potental new podcast listeners are not to be had , and now i have to take them to lunch to pay for the 21 min of time they lost and the crap im sure i will go thru the next week or so . oh well im stilll here keepm comming guy's cant wait for episode #200th episode .

I got a few good laughs from the Podcast and It showed alot of creativity that I liked very much. Life not perfect and we have to take what we can get. For the people that did not, I 'd like too see you do better and then see how hard it is putting on a show. The podcast to me is a bonus to a great magizine and a fun time for the Maximum PC staff. Keep it real people. WTF, over!! LOL

My Minute by Minute reaction listening to the podcast 0:00-2:40 - Waiting for something to happen2:41 - Confused and wondering if I'm listening to the correct podcast.5:46 - WTF ?? You guys brought Eminem as a guest star ?5:47 - Disappointed because its not Eminem but still enjoying the music.9:11 - Nodding in agreement with Gordon - WTF was that ???10:03 - Laughing uncontrollably while screaming in PAIN.13:12 - In agreement with Gordon (again!) I really cant believe you guys spent all this time to fucking do that.13:26 - Laughing out Loud.17:15 - Started to Cry....and laugh at the same time. Veronica has an Angelic voice21:54 - Sad cause the pod cast is over.

Good Job guys, that was the best 21 minutes and 54 seconds of my life, seconds only to when my first child was born (if I had any).

Worse than even the Youth of America episode, OMFG. People that actually listened to the whole and actually liked it are masochists, and you guys are sadists for creating this episode in the first place.

Initially I was disappointed seeing that it was only 21 min, but I thought it was great. I listened to it at work, but I can't wait to get home and listen to it again without all the noise of the workplace, just cracked me up.

I thought it was an amusing podcast for a one off (it's not something that should be done often though). You guys sing better than I expected out of geeks. :) I know I couldn't do it without being really horrible. I imagine it was a lot of work, and I hope you had fun doing it. Veronica did steal the show on you guys though.

So, I am ready to listen to the podcast and I notice the title is the 100th episode. COOL! Then I see the length is only 20 minutes or so. FAIL! You put us off and hyped up how cool the 100th would be for a 20! minute episode?!?! FAIL!!!

Then, I actually listen to it. Absolutely f-ing awesome. Best "anniversary" episode of any podcast I've heard. You guys hit it out of the park.

However, I feel compelled to warn you that you will be hearing from my lawyer. You see, I was getting my lunch together when I started listening. I was just starting to sit down and eat as the podcast was "ending". Then, Veronica proceeds to start the Portal parody in which I litterly started to laugh out loud. This then caused me to start choking on the food in my mouth at the time. The Heimlich maneuver was performed but permanent damage may have occurred. (all true except for the first and last sentence in this paragraph)

This was absolutely worth the wait. Keep up the great work and I look forward to the next 100.

I wouyld just like to say I think the podcast was excellent. Who cares if it was not the same as all the other 99 podcasts. Keep up the great work and to all the haters out there go listen to the rant remix podcast and I'm sure you will feel better.

I'm going to have to agree with Gordon's "What the fuck was that?" I see he had the good sense not to participate.

April 1st was two weeks ago, guys, and this would have been perfectly acceptable on that day and that day only, as a bonus.

The last thing I need at 6:30 in the morning during the drive to work is two pasty white nerds trying to sing or (shudder) RAP

This plan should have ended when you guys realized that no one there has any vocal talent whatsoever. And as most karaoke sessions tend to go, it takes a girl to school you all in the singing ability department.

i wrote this while relistening to the podcast . it is the day after now iv'e had a chance to sleep process my thoughts relisten to the podcast think happy thoughts take a dump,vomit, have some hypnotherapy done to try to erase all the bad memories frome the podcast so all that was belonging to yesterday is now out of me . with all of that said im still disappointed . im not as mad as yesterday but all is good because at the end of the podcast will said we will be back next week with the real show . we can only hope they dont do anymore parody shows, and with will stating that maybe this show was a farse for the real 100th show. i am sorry about my comments of the last few weeks but i am a involved , passionate listener of the podcast and reader of the magazine so i cant stay mad at you guys because you were just having fun . we alll need that now and then .

still a listener and subscriber to all that is maximum pc . keep up the good work.

still think you guys should do a episode where your all drunk and call it "no bs podcast #101 the blame it on the achahol edition" i would love to here gordon drunk and do his rant. it would be classic LOL!!!!!

I'm at a loss of words. Well, not really, that was just so bad I kind of just want to forget it. I like your podcasts for 2 reasons: one, because they're informative, and two, because they're funny. This was neither. You can't really debate that there WAS any useful information in here, but I could have accepted that if there were some humor in place of the information, but there wasn't any humor either! I'm no professional music critic, but in my opinion all of the people who sang in this episode were completely tone deaf (with the exception of Veronica Belmont, but she wasn't exactly "Cher" either). The rap didn't rhyme or have any rhythm in it either. I actually listened to the whole thing waiting for the songs to either get better or quit the terrible musical angle and let Gordon rant or something. That was so horrible that I'm actually deleting it from my 'Podcasts' folder. This is like Terminator 3 to Terminator 1 & 2.

Wow you guys really shouldn't sing. As in should not sing at all. Though it was a nice change of pace, and a good idea for someone who can sing, and it did make me laugh... mostly at your inability to sing.

Have you forgotten what magazine your writing for? because it sure as hell seems like it, you advertise 'Maximum PC, Minimum BS', ok well I think you all got it backwards, I mean comon it's the hundreth podcast so you decided to celebrate it by singing? Who the fuck came up with that idea? I mean it was bad enough that it was only 21 minutes long, but it was 21 minutes of pure bullshit, I mean it got to be so bad that I kept clicking forward on my zune to see when the actual podcast would start. I really honestly think that this was the worst max PC podcast I have ever heard, and I am an avid listener, I think even the episode number 97 (dubbed Failcast by one of you) was better. No, I lied, it wasn't just better, it fucking walked up with a shotgun shot episode 100 in the face and kicked it in the balls, then it proceded to teabag its dead body. As a final note I can honestly say that I am still undergoing therapy and treatment for my loss of hearing due to this podcast. The doctors told me that the only thing that saved me was the fact that it was only encoded at 128k, any higher they said and I most likely would be comotose.

ok, rant over...

in other words, please, we listen to the podcast to hear about the world geekdom, no off key singing.

Um... What can I say? Um... This reminds me of that episode of South Park where George Lucas and Steven Spielberg were raping Indiana Jones repeatedly thoughout the show. Only that show was fun to watch and this wasn't.

It did give me an idea though and I hope you guys can do it. A musical episode. The No BS Podcast Musical. You guys do a normal podcast but instead of speaking you have to sing everything. Well not everything but it would be good. Or even the NoBS Opera version. You guys will have to put white powder in your hair.

But man. I hope not to sound like a broken record but I'm going to have to share the same feelings on this podcast as will 99% of the other listeners that posted befor me.

You know I love you guys but this is.. It's just..... God I can't stop crying. It's like there has been a death in my family. I witnessed the rape of the NoBS podcast.

I only wish that the podcast was longer. Really. I enjoyed it. But I'm at work crying because I'm laughing so hard and my coworkers were looking at me like I was insane. My favorite was the Newegg rep / customer skit. Yes I was a little disappointed but I do realize that the podcast is free and I do appreciate your efforts to continue to deliver one weekly (or so). As long as I have an iPod and there are podcasts, I will d/l and listen to them.

is my internet messed up or is it REALLY 21 minutes long? i waited for the las two months for this, hoping for a 2hour awesome show, and all we get is 20 min? while i was waiting for episode 100, i listestened to other podcasts like BuzzOutLoud and TWIT and when i listestened to 99A it was a real dissapointment. So is this. Please, can you make the new ones more like the old ones? or i'm probobly gonna stop listening from now on.

WTF was that? Can you say "epic fail"? The only saving grace for this ep. was Veronica Belmont's song at the end, which summed up nicely exactly how I felt after listening to the previous 15-ish minutes of this trainwreck (BTW, what's the procedure to get a refund on the time wasted on that?)

Never, and I mean never, attempt to sing again.

"I know what I know because I have to know it, and if I don't have to know it, I don't tell me and I don't let anyone else tell me either."
Michael Garibaldi, Babylon 5, 2259

the songs was cool but you guys should keep your day jobs and let people that have tallent . lol just kidding . hopefuly this is # 100 a of a two part episode . if this is it HOLY CRAP WHAT WERE YOU GUYS THINKING I AGREE with gordon you wasted i mean took alll this time for this parody no bs podcast . PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS THE TEASER FOR THE REAL 100TH EPSODE!!!! THIS should be called THE WHY DID I WAIT FOR THIS SHIT FAKE ASS EPISODE .

gordon you must be a saint to honestly have sit thru this whole podcast without bitch slapping someone . i said last weeks podcast was a abortion i stand corrected last weeks episode was still birth . this episode was the abortion . at least their was a plan for this episode , a crappy one but a plan . FOR THE LOVE OF P.C. I REALLY HOPE THIS WAS A TEASE FOR THE REAL 100TH EPISODE . I BET this will be a hot topic of slamming . at least we could have been warned that we were going to be screwed or at least have had the decency to give us some lube . if pissing off the podcast listeners was your goal??? YOU DID IT WE ARE ALL NOW PISSED OFF . WHERES DAVE MURPHY WHEN WE NEED HIM !!!!

i am alittle embarresed cause i told several people to listen to the 100th episode . now there going to think i am dumb as hell for recomending a non-listener check out this pod cast . i also think when we are forced crap like this that steve jobs wins . ok maybe that was alittle harsh . but i think everyone will agree that this really cant be the real 100th episode please for the love of cpu's just say you were pullin our chain and that the real episode will be out next week.

the songs was cool but you guys should keep your day jobs and let people that have tallent . lol just kidding . hopefuly this is # 100 a of a two part episode . if this is it HOLY CRAP WHAT WERE YOU GUYS THINKING I AGREE with gordon you wasted i mean took alll this time for this parody no bs podcast . PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS THE TEASER FOR THE REAL 100TH EPSODE!!!! THIS should be called THE WHY DID I WAIT FOR THIS SHIT FAKE ASS EPISODE .

gordon you must be a saint to honestly have sit thru this whole podcast without bitch slapping someone . i said last weeks podcast was a abortion i stand corrected last weeks episode was still birth . this episode was the abortion . at least their was a plan for this episode , a crappy one but a plan . FOR THE LOVE OF P.C. I REALLY HOPE THIS WAS A TEASE FOR THE REAL 100TH EPISODE . I BET this will be a hot topic of slamming . at least we could have been warned that we were going to be screwed or at least have had the decency to give us some lube . if pissing off the podcast listeners was your goal??? YOU DID IT WE ARE ALL NOW PISSED OFF . WHERES DAVE MURPHY WHEN WE NEED HIM !!!!

i am alittle embarresed cause i told several people to listen to the 100th episode . now there going to think i am dumb as hell for recomending a non-listener check out this pod cast . i also think when we are forced crap like this that steve jobs wins . ok maybe that was alittle harsh . but i think everyone will agree that this really cant be the real 100th episode please for the love of cpu's just say you were pullin our chain and that the real episode will be out next week.

stilll love the podcast keep up the good work

i wrote this while listening to the podcast . it is the day after now iv'e had a chance to sleep process my thoughts relisten to the podcast think happy thoughts take a dump so all that was belonging to yesterday is now out of me . with all of that said im still disappointed . im not as mad as yesterday but all is good because at the end of the podcast will said we will be back next week with the real show . we can only hope they dont do anymore parody shows, and with will stating that maybe this show was a farse for the real 100th show. i am sorry about my comments of the last few weeks but i am a involved , passionate listener of the podcast and reader of the magazine so i cant stay mad at you guys because you were just having fun . we alll need that now and then .

still a listener and subscriber to all that is maximum pc . keep up the good work.

well although this podcast is funny, i really don't listen to podcasts that much. But i have listened to enough to tell that the quality is declining. Its the same with the site. The news is not like it use to be, thus one reason why i cancelled my mag subscription. They need to get this back in to gear like it use to be a few years ago, or i prolly will not be coming back.